{"id":303235,"date":"2025-11-24T06:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/303235\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T06:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:34:09","slug":"highlights-gable-steveson-scores-24-second-ko-at-apfc-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/303235\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights! Gable Steveson scores 24-second KO at APFC 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2021\/8\/12\/22621996\/olympic-gold-medalist-gable-steveson-ufc-champion-heavyweight-ciryl-gane-francis-ngannou-espn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Olympic gold medalist<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2024\/11\/23\/24304346\/video-olympic-gold-medalist-gable-steveson-dominates-ncaa-return-demolished-fans-ufc-mma-wrestling\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two-time NCAA Division I Heavyweight champion<\/a> Gable Steveson added another impressive, quick win to his growing mixed martial arts (MMA) resume tonight (Sun., Nov. 23, 2025). In the main event of Anthony Pettis FC 21 (APFC 21), Steveson knocked out Kevin Hein in just 24 seconds inside Isleta Resort &amp; Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Hein came out aggressively and did everything he could to make it a fight, but it took only one clean left hook from Steveson to end his night. As Hein fell unconscious, Steveson even shot for a power double leg out of sheer instinct \u2014 an exclamation point on a lightning-fast finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Watch the knockout below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After his win, Steveson mentioned how UFC matchmaker Mick Maynard was supposed to be cageside to watch him fight, but was still on the plane returning from UFC Qatar \u2014 teasing that he wants to compete in the UFC already.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After the win, Steveson revealed that UFC matchmaker Mick Maynard was supposed to be cageside to scout him. However, Maynard was still on a plane returning from UFC Qatar \u2014 a detail Steveson used to hint that he\u2019s more than ready for a jump to the UFC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Steveson (2-0) closes out 2025 with a perfect 3-0 record in combat sports, with each victory coming via first-round knockout. He made his MMA debut by stopping Braden Peterson in under two minutes at LFA 127 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/388817\/impressed-gable-steveson-destroys-outmatched-heavyweight-slug-in-official-mma-debut-lfa-217-video-knockout\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watch highlights<\/a>), then delivered a 15-second knockout during a one-off appearance for Dirty Boxing (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/bare-knuckle-boxing-results-rules-ppv\/381572\/highlights-gable-steveson-annihilates-billy-swanson-in-just-15-seconds-celebrates-with-coach-jon-jones-dbx-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watch highlights<\/a>). Tonight\u2019s sub-30-second KO adds yet another explosive highlight to his short but dominant run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While gaining experience on the regional scene is undeniably valuable, a move to UFC may be the next logical \u2014 and deserved \u2014 step.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For more regional MMA news and notes click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/regional-mma-news-results\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olympic gold medalist and two-time NCAA Division I Heavyweight champion Gable Steveson added another impressive, quick win to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,22248,82,98879,702],"class_list":["post-303235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-regional-mma-news-results","tag-sports","tag-ufc-white-house-2026","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}